The Man Behind the Giants: John Cerney's Highway Art Has Been Surprising Monterey County Drivers for Decades
You've seen them a hundred times — giant farmworkers in the lettuce fields, an auto accident on Abbott Street, a dog outside the SPCA. They're the work of one Salinas artist who turned plywood and paint into some of the most recognized public art in California.
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